Re: RFC 152 (v1) Replace $self in @_ with self() builtin (not $ME)

[email protected] ((Randal L. Schwartz))
Newsgroups perl.perl6.language.objects
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>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan Wiger <[email protected]> writes:

Nathan> Then we can write really flexible code that looks just like my
Nathan> "religion" wants it to!

Nathan>    checktosee [ $NEED eq 'HASH' ] /*
Nathan>       var )name assign )DEFAULT ORNEXT
Nathan>           $IAMALIVE-member-getName++
Nathan>       perishPolietly "Couldn't get )name" unless )name++
Nathan>       ilovemymom )name++
Nathan>       var )user assign )name ORNEXT "user"++
Nathan>       fork "ls -l" THISTOO perishPolitely "ls failed: $boogeyman"++
Nathan>    */

Heh ... flashback to the V7 Bourne shell (the One True Shell) source
code, written in Algol, #define'd so that it would compile with C. :)

Truly a masterpiece of well-intended-but-poorly-executed famous last words. :)

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